Striking Quotes

What was striking was that when he became prime minister, he seemed to grow into the role immediately. - Carne Ross

What was so striking about Joey was the fact that he helped reach out to other kids and tried to help them with living, whether or not they have this disease. I thought that was pretty exceptional. It showed an extreme amount of kindness on his part and courage and time and a lot of sacrifice. - Lisa Richardson

What they knew about the body is quite striking, though they did not always understand it. - James Allen

What strikes me as the most burdensome of this requirement of mandatory pregnancy is that it imposes on a woman that she use her body in a certain way. We're all required to pay taxes, etc., but we're not required to do with our body things we don't want to do. ... It is a striking anomaly in the law. - Robin West

What is striking is that it didn't take much to reduce the risk ... If you don't exercise, you should start. It's never too late. - Dr. Eric Larson

What is so striking about the 50-year period since independence is the extent to which African states have suffered so many of the same misfortunes... a flamboyant, autocratic figure, accustomed to living in style and demanding total obedience. - Martin Meredith

What is equally striking to me is this ... there isn't a sense of a community solving problems together, rather there's punishment for aberrant individuals. - Alfie Kohn

What is a fine person or a beauteous face, Unless deportment give them decent grace; Blessed with all other requisites to please, To want the striking elegance of ease; Awkward, embarrassed, stiff, without the skill Of moving gracefully, or standing. - Winston Churchill

What I love about this new group is that no one looks like anyone else. They're all so different, and they all photograph strikingly. - Tyra Banks

What has the federal government been doing all these years to prepare for a disaster striking a major American city... With all the bureaucratic federal agencies, super czars and homeland preparedness, there seems to be no national or regional master plan to evacuate people, bring in relief and adequately deal with a large scale emergency of this nature. Is there a plan in place for how to deal with the profiteers when the resettling and rebuilding begins? Is there a plan to freeze oil prices? - Gary Ackerman